Senior Requirements Traceability & QA Analyst (Hybrid)

Ironclad Defense Works; Norfolk (VA); Hybrid; USD 115,000 - 135,000; Full time

Job summary

Ironclad Defense Works is seeking a Senior Requirements Traceability & Quality Assurance Analyst to support NATO Allied Command Transformation in Norfolk, Virginia. This role emphasizes independent process assurance, requirements traceability, quality control, and lifecycle governance.

The successful candidate will lead QA activities, maintain traceability across capability programs, and collaborate with stakeholders to improve processes in a multinational defense environment.

Qualifications

• Five+ years in requirements engineering and/or requirements management within the past 10 years.
• Experience managing requirements traceability, quality, and change management.
• Experience evaluating traceability across DOTMLPFI spectrum (Doctrine to Interoperability).
• Experience developing requirements as author or facilitator.
• Experience with formal configuration and change-management processes (past 5 years).
• Experience with ISO 9001-related processes and ISO 9001 audits.
• Active NATO or National SECRET clearance.
• Citizenship of a NATO member nation.
• Professional English proficiency.

Responsibilities

• Conduct independent process assurance reviews for adherence to established standards.
• Identify gaps, risks, ambiguities, and potential delivery issues early in development lifecycle.
• Support NATO Capability programs and requirements managers in maintaining high-quality requirements.
• Manage corrective and preventive actions from reviews.
• Coordinate QA recommendations with stakeholders for timely resolution.
• Maintain alignment between corrective actions and risk management.
• Support requirements data quality, repository maintenance, and configuration management.
• Develop and maintain requirements-traceability processes and quality reports.
• Produce QA reports for directors, project teams, and leadership.
• Contribute to SOPs related to quality, traceability, and ACT Repository.
• Support requirements engineering across all lifecycle stages.
• Ensure alignment with stakeholder needs and traceability expectations.
• Support change/configuration management throughout lifecycle.
• Capture lessons learned and pursue process improvements.
• Identify opportunities for automation in workflows and document requirements.

Skills

Requirements engineering

Requirements management

Traceability

Quality assurance

Change management

English proficiency

Security clearance

NATO citizenship

Education

University degree in engineering, management, information systems, or related discipline

Tools

IBM DOORS Next

Job description

Ironclad Defense Works is seeking a Senior Requirements Traceability & Quality Assurance Analyst to support NATO Allied Command Transformation in Norfolk, Virginia. This role emphasizes independent process assurance, requirements traceability, quality control, and lifecycle governance.

The successful candidate will lead QA activities, maintain traceability across capability programs, and collaborate with stakeholders to improve processes in a multinational defense environment.